About the University of Nottingham
The University was established in 1881 and was initially at a site in the City Centre prior to re-locating to University Park in 1928. Its founder was Jesse Boot, who went on to establish Boots, one of the largest pharmaeutical retail companies in the world, whose headquarters are in Nottingham. One of the University's earliest students was DH Lawrence, the novellist.
In 1948, the University was awarded its Royal Charter, which enabled it to start awarding its own degrees. In 1970, the Medical School opened, located in Queen's Medical Centre, which now houses the largest hospital in Nottingham. Jubilee campus, which houses business, education and competer science subject, was opened in 2009. The University's international links were strengthened, when from 2005-2006, satellite campuses opened in Malaysia (near Kuala Lumpur) and China (Ningbo, near Shanghai). In 2006, the University's School of Veterinary Medicine and Science opened and admitted its first students.
You can read more about University Park campus on the website.
University Park Campus
University Park is the University of Nottingham’s largest campus at 300 acres, and is widely regarded as one of the largest and most attractive in the country.
Set in extensive greenery and around a lake, University Park is the focus of life for students, staff and visitors.
Centre for Research in Applied Linguistics
The Centre for Research in Applied Linguistics (CRAL) was established in 2002 and brings together over 20 academics and over 30 postgraduate research students. The Centre is committed to developing world-class research into language use.
Since its establishment over 15 years ago, CRAL has branched out in many different directions and specialises in several areas of linguistic enquiry.
School of English
The School of English has a range of undergraduate, masters and distance learning courses and opportunities for postgraduate research.
Key areas of undergraduate study:
- Literature, 1500 - the present
- English language and applied linguistics
- Drama and performance
- Medieval languages and literatures
- Creative writing
Example postgraduate topics:
- Creative writing
- Drama of all periods, with a particular focus on drama as performance
- English language and applied linguistics
- Historical language study including place-names
- Literatures in English from the Anglo-Saxons to the present day (including the local authors Byron and Lawrence and the literary and coterie practices of the Cavendish family)
- Old Norse and Viking Studies
See our Teaching and Learning webpages for more about our teaching.